Reason Quotes
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Science teaches us, in effect, to submit our reason to the truth and to know and judge of things as they are-that is to say, as they themselves choose to be and not as we would have them to be.
Miguel de Unamuno
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Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.
Seneca the Younger
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Reason may cure illusions, but not suffering.
Alfred de Musset
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So, ultimately, in order to understand nature it may be necessary to have a deeper understanding of mathematical relationships. But the real reason is that the subject is enjoyable, and although we humans cut nature up in different ways, and we have different courses in different departments, such compartmentaliz ation is really artificial, and we should take our intellectual pleasures where we find them.
Richard Feynman
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We must reason in natural philosophy not from what we hope, or even expect, but from what we perceive.
Humphry Davy
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It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need.
Thomas Aquinas
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One of the reasons poetry is such an amazing genre to work with is because it constantly reinvents itself and re-negotiates its terms with the reader.
Cate Marvin
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There is a reason and not a reason for everything.
James Cook
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What is prejudice? An opinion, which is not based upon reason; a judgment, without having heard the argument; a feeling, without being able to trace from whence it came.
Carrie Chapman Catt
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If we exchange bombs for bread there will be less reason for wanting to kill us. I just want to have the conversation.
Tom Shadyac
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Our behaviour as an athlete is often determined by our previous experiences and how we dealt with those experiences. It is these experiences from past performances that can often shape what will happen in the future. It is for this reason that you learn and move on to be more mentally stronger as both an athlete and as a human!
David Horne
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For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.
William Peter Blatty
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Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.
Simon Sinek
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I do believe in forgiving and forgetting. There was a reason we were together. I just want to hold on to the good times.
Eva Longoria
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I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defense, should one think of killing any animal.
Morarji Desai
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Why do you do science? In this particular case, we don't have a very good reason to be doing this except for the knowledge that it brings. This research is especially important to young people. We all want to know what's going on in the universe.
Rainer Weiss
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I’m conceited, I got a reason
Remy Ma
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The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.
Rita Mae Brown
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Virtue is nothing else than right reason
Seneca the Younger
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Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to their creation?
Josh Charles
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There are good reasons why everybody should heed politicians' advise not to believe the media. One of the best is that the media report what politicians say.
Russell Baker
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Most employees want to be involved in a successful business and most employees are happy for people running successful businesses to be paid a reasonable wage and a market rate for it, provided they understand the reason. What they hate most of all is pay for failure.
Stuart Rose
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Language is a very complicated thing, and that's one of the reasons why I like making photographs.
Catherine Opie
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The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
Wyclef Jean Fugees